Chrome extension · Android · MIT

YouTube,
minus the slot machine.

Every morning you get 5 minutes to pick 5 videos, and that's all you can watch. Shorts are gone. The feed is gone. Recommendations are gone.

Download the extensionHow it works
5

videos a day. You pick them, nobody picks for you.

5:00

minutes to choose each morning. Then the list locks.

0

Shorts, autoplay chains or "up next" rabbit holes.

What it looks like

FocusTube home while picking videos

Pick mode. The home page turns into a picker with a 5 minute timer.

Shorts page blocked

Shorts, blocked. The page doesn't load. There's no "just one".

Locked home screen with today's picks

Locked. Your 5 picks are all that exists today.

Off-list video blocked

Off-list? Someone sent you a link. It can wait until tomorrow.

Install in a minute

  1. Download the repo and unzip it.
  2. Open chrome://extensions and switch on Developer mode.
  3. Click Load unpacked and select the extension folder.
  4. Open YouTube. You've got 5 minutes. Choose well.